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Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “pearliest” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

27 similar words found! Changes to Transform each Found Word to your word are shown as:
 remove a letter ~ replace a letter ~ swap two letters ~ _add a letter from your word
(Use the links in the Changes column to see more Transformation details.)

Found WordScrabble ScoreSearched PreviouslyFound PreviouslyChangesTo Transform to your Word
pearliest113935(None) 
earliest82415241_earliest
nearliest949361nearliest
deadliest1138182deadliest
featliest1238362featliest
gnarliest10186552gnarliest
heartiest12311102heartiest
leariest83117842lear_iest
marliest102415182_marliest
mealiest102215972mea_liest
measliest1147172measliest
paliest93021602p_a_liest
palliest102814632p_alliest
peachiest1638522peachiest
peakiest143512992pea_kiest
pearlier1037322pearlie_r
pearlites1138232pearlites_
peartest10311302pear_test
peatiest103118802pea_tiest
pebbliest1543712pebbliest
perkiest143313242pe_rkiest
snarliest91810202snarliest
teariest82417262tear_iest
vealiest112513202vea_liest
weakliest1635852weakliest
weariest112914792wear_iest
yearlies1137602yearlies_

Search took 5 seconds overall (including website activity, plus SQL activity in the following phases):

  1. Length Filter: Limit the application of DLD to words with length difference of no more than the Change Limit.
  2. DLD Change Limit: Apply DLD to each remaining word, limiting each comparison according to the Change Limit.
  3. Display Results: Return the results, with similar words marked up to highlight differences.
SeqSearch PhaseWords CheckedWords MatchedSecondsWords Per Sec
1Length Filter1786911214360.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit121436273.83031706.5
3Display Results27270.0161687.5
 (SQL Overall)178691274.23642183.9
 
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